In the southeast of Tangyin County, a Song army composed of more than 100 people is moving south along the Yongji Canal, this army is the township soldiers of Tangyin County, Xiangzhou, led by Yue Fei, who was named Xiangzhou Regiment Training after the victory in Yanshan, and was responsible for the training of 2,000 township soldiers in Xiangzhou.

After King Kang Zhao Gou served as the defense envoy of Xiangzhou, Yue Fei and his township soldiers were incorporated into the Xiangzhou army, Yue Fei's family was poor and could not afford to bribe the chief official, plus his benefactor Zong Ze had been transferred back to the imperial court and served as the Shaoqing of Zongzheng Temple, so that Yue Fei had no backstage, and after being squeezed out in many ways, Yue Fei was appointed as a partial colonel and commanded three hundred township soldiers in Tangyin County.

This time, Yue Fei was ordered to act as a temporary scout and go to Kaide Mansion to investigate the movements of the Jin soldiers on the East Road, and he immediately led the army to set off, taking a hundred soldiers south along the Yongji Canal to Kaide Mansion.

"Yue Tuanlian, the Jin soldiers should be killed from the north, isn't it a bit of a retreat for us to go to Kaide Mansion?" Yue Fei's deputy, Xu Qing, asked loudly.

Xu Qing is also a native of Tangyin, the same age as Yue Fei, his family is wealthy, and he has a horse for him to ride, and Yue Fei himself is not qualified to equip war horses, but after Li Yanqing gave Yue Fei his white horse Snow Shadow, he has always been Yue Fei's personal mount.

Yue Fei said with a smile: "The golden soldiers may not all come from the north, it is also possible to kill them along the Yellow River from Bozhou, the golden soldiers from the east and west converge in Liyang County, and there is no problem for us to go to Kaide Mansion to investigate the intelligence." ”

"Actually, I'm worried that we will leave our hometown, in case the Jin soldiers come from the north to kill, what will our family do?"

Yue Fei sighed and said, "The country has been broken, how can the family exist alone?" The husband is in the world, the country first and the family later, we are soldiers, and we should pay more attention to military orders. ”

"Yue Tuanlian is right, but I don't know the righteousness."

Yue Fei smiled again: "It's not that you don't know the righteousness, everyone has a family, it's normal to worry about the safety of your family, you can't say that if you take care of the country, you don't care about your family, you also have to take care of your family, I mean, it's a matter of which comes first, we have completed the military order, of course, we can also take care of our families, this is understandable!" ”

All the soldiers said: "It's better for Yue Tuanlian to be considerate, let's complete the task as soon as possible, and then rush home to take care of our families!" ”

"Let's speed up!"

Yue Fei gave an order, and everyone sped up and trotted south.......

The official road along the Yongji Canal was crowded with fleeing people, with no end in sight, including the people of Xiangzhou and Cizhou, as well as people fleeing from Zhendingfu and Zhaojun, and the refugees were helping the old and the young, carrying meager possessions and a little food, and everyone was terrified and anxious, eager to escape the Yellow River and go to the capital or further south to escape the military disaster.

Yue Fei sighed in his heart, where would there be boats on the edge of the Yellow River at this time? But he could not say that it would cut off the hope of the people, and they hastened their march.

On the afternoon of the next day, Yue Fei and his entourage arrived in Linhe County, Kaide Prefecture, which was still more than 80 miles away from Puyang County.

Yue Fei and Xu Qing looked at each other, could it be that Jin Bing really killed from the east?

"Uncle, ask a word!"

Yue Fei grabbed an old man and asked in a loud voice, "Did the Jin soldiers come from the east?" ”

"I don't know, everybody's running for their lives, I'm going to have to run for my life, boy, run away! If you are caught up by the Jin soldiers, you soldiers will definitely not be able to live. ”

The old man broke free from Yue Fei's hand and fled into the team with his family, Xu Qing asked, "Shouldn't we go back?" ”

Yue Fei shook his head, "Inquire about the situation clearly, where did the Jin soldiers go?" How many people are there? Otherwise, we won't be able to go back and report. ”

Yue Fei led the army and continued to run eastward, about thirty miles, at this time, Yue Fei suddenly heard someone shouting to him among the fleeing refugees, "Brother Yue! ”

Yue Fei hurriedly reined in the war horse and looked around, only to see more than a dozen people running out of the crowd, all of them panting, and the person who was the leader, Yue Fei, knew that it was Tang Huai's uncle Tang Zhengzong.

Yue Fei was taken aback, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, and greeted him, "Uncle, why are you here?" Aren't you long gone? ”

Tang Zhengzong got Li Daqi to give him two boats, and returned to his hometown to pick up a few Tang family members to move south, originally he also planned to pick up Yue Fei's mother and wife and children together, but Yue Fei's wife Liu wanted to follow her parents, so she did not go with Tang Zhengzong.

Tang Zhengzong sighed and said: "Don't mention it, our ship was forcibly requisitioned by officers and soldiers in Weizhou, and we were driven off the boat, there was no ferry by the Yellow River at all, I heard that there was a boat crossing the river in Puyang, and we rushed to Puyang again, but as soon as we arrived in Puyang, the Jin soldiers came along the Yellow River from Bozhou, and we had to turn around and flee to Weizhou." ”

"Uncle, where did the Jin soldiers go? How many troops are there? ”

"It's time to kill Puyang now, I heard that there are twenty or thirty thousand people, burning and looting all the way, it's too miserable, you guys go quickly! Puyang City has fled the whole city. ”

Tang Zhengzong shook his head and was about to leave, Yue Fei hurriedly grabbed him, "Uncle, listen to me, the Jin soldiers are all cavalry, and they can only walk along the official road, you have to stay away from the official road, it is best to escape to the mountains, then it will be safe, and you can find food, and now there will definitely be no boats by the Yellow River." ”

Tang Zhengzong suddenly came to his senses and nodded again and again, "You're right, you want to escape to the mountains, Brother Yue, we'll have a meeting later!" ”

Yue Fei stuffed all his dry food to Tang Zhengzong, pointed him to a path, and Tang Zhengzong fled with his people to a hilly and mountainous area.

At this time, Yue Fei commanded the soldiers to show the way to the refugees on the official road, "Fathers and fellow villagers, it is difficult to escape to the mountains, the Jin soldiers can't go to the mountains, everyone please go to the mountains!" ”

Under the repeated encouragement of the soldiers, the inescapable team gradually accepted their opinions, formed a mighty fleeing procession, and fled to the mountains.

Yue Fei also no longer went east, he took the township soldiers back to Xiangzhou quickly, the next morning, they finally arrived in Tangyin County, at this moment, but only to see countless defeated soldiers fleeing south along the official road, everyone was stunned.

Xu Qing grabbed an officer and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

The officer's face was full of bitterness, and he shook his head and said: "The main force of the Jin soldiers has been killed from the north, and they broke through Anyang County last night, and the whole army was defeated, and more than half of them were killed, brother, run for your life!" ”

Yue Fei and everyone were shocked, Xu Qing hurriedly said: "Yue Tuanlian, since the army has been defeated, our intelligence is meaningless, it is better for us to go home to help our families, please Tuanlian Enzhun!" ”

"Please train the group!" The crowd pleaded.

Yue Fei also knew that their information was meaningless, so he nodded, "Let's all go home!" ”

Everyone dispersed and went home, Yue Fei turned around, but saw that there were still more than a dozen people following him, so he asked, "Why don't you go home?" ”

Everyone bowed down together and said: "Our family has gone south, Xiangzhou has no burden, we are willing to follow the group training!" ”

Yue Fei thought about it and agreed, "Okay! Come home with me, and then make a decision! ”

Yue Fei was also worried about his old mother, wife and children, so he turned his horse's head and led a dozen people along the Yongji Canal to Tangwang Village.

Half an hour later, Yue Fei arrived at Tangwang Village, only to see that the village was empty, there was no one to see, most of the villagers followed the Tangwang family to the south, Yue Fei because his father was seriously ill and difficult to walk, so his family has not gone south, until his father died of illness a few months ago, they began to consider going south, but the Jin soldiers came too quickly, so they were caught off guard.

Yue Fei ran to the door of his house, only to see that the door was locked, and his family was no longer there, so he turned his horse head and went to his father-in-law's house in the east of the village.

When he was at a loss, someone suddenly called him, "Brother Yue! ”

I saw a middle-aged man running over, it was a neighbor of Yue Fei's father-in-law's family, surnamed Zhang, Yue Fei hurriedly asked, "Uncle Zhang, where did my father-in-law's family go?" ”

"Are you asking about your father-in-law's house, or are you asking about your own home?"

Yue Fei was taken aback, "Didn't they go together?" ”

The middle-aged man shook his head, your father-in-law's family went to the Daimyo's Mansion to join their son, and your mother and brother didn't want to go with them, so they fled with the rest of the village yesterday.

"What about my wife and children?" Yue Fei asked anxiously.

"Of course they're with your mother? We were supposed to go together, but I still had something to pick up at home, and I came back. ”

"Where did they go?"

"I don't know, but your mother said it looks like she's going to take refuge in the mountains."

Yue Fei nodded, this is what he told his mother, if everyone is scattered, it is best to flee to the mountains, it seems that his mother listened to his opinion, thinking that there is still his brother Yue Zhuan, Yue Fei's heart is slightly relaxed.

At this time, the soldiers asked: "Regiment training, where are we going?" ”

Yue Fei thought for a while and said, "Let's go north!" ”

He simply took out a dozen or so donkeys that his father-in-law's family had not had time to take away, let the soldiers ride on, and everyone turned around and headed north.

When he was about to arrive in Tangyin County, he saw Xu Qing galloping on horseback, and Yue Fei hurriedly called out to him, "Brother Xian!" ”

"Yue Tuanlian, I was about to look for you!"

"What about your family?" Yue Fei asked,

"They're gone, I haven't found it, Tuanlian, I heard that there is a fierce battle in the north, should we go and see?"

Yue Fei nodded, "That's what I mean!" ”

He and Xu Qing rushed north with a dozen soldiers.